Thomas Walker Bullitt. Public Deposited

Shield with a thick, angled stripe and three circles. Above the shield is a knight's helmet and large ornamental flourishes. Above the design is the word "Oxmoor." At the bottom is the name "Thomas Walker Bullitt." Thomas Walker Bullitt was the son of William Marshall and Nora Iasigi Bullitt. With the death of William Marshall Bullitt in 1957, ownership of the family estate Oxmoor passed to Thomas Walker Bullitt under a trustee arrangement that prohibited the sale of the house or lands. Thomas Walker Bullitt willed Oxmoor, including the house, outbuildings, and 70 acres to the Filson Club Historical Society in 1991. Black ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett with four-digit year.

Item number

• ULAL Bullitt, Thomas Walker

Creator

• Hewett, Ainslie, 1880-1963

Creator role

• bookplate designer

Subject

• Labels
• Armorial bookplates
• Bookplates

People represented

• Bullitt, Thomas W. (Thomas Walker), 1838-1910

Date original

• 1936

Language

• eng

Object type

• Relief prints

Source

• 10.5 x 5.6 cm. bookplate. Folder: Bookplates - Bullitt, Thomas Walker, #126, in Ainslie Hewett (1880-1963) Collection, University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library.

Collection

• Ainslie Hewett (1880-1963) Bookplate Collection

Collection information

• https://library.louisville.edu/art/hewett

Repository

• University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Ordering information

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